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1. A touch detecting apparatus using a pixel or pixels in display devices, the apparatus comprising: a grayscale voltage generator configured to generate a first grayscale voltage applied to the pixel or the pixels in the display devices; and a sensing signal processor configured to detect a touch signal based on the first grayscale voltage applied to the pixel or the pixels and a second grayscale voltage fed back based on a touch capacitance formed between the pixel or the pixels and a touch input means, wherein the touch capacitance is generated between the touch input means and the pixel or the pixels without being intervened by a common electrode of the display devices as the touch input means approaches the pixel or the pixels.
2. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal processor calculates a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage to detect the touch signal.
3. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal processor includes a differential amplifier that calculates and amplifies a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage.
4. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 3 , wherein an input terminal of the differential amplifier is provided with a circuit element temporarily storing the second grayscale voltage.
5. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal processor calculates a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage and compares the difference value with a preset reference value to detect the touch signal.
6. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal processor includes: a differential amplifier configured to calculate and amplify a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage; and a comparator configured to compare the difference value with a preset reference value.
7. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein an input terminal of the differential amplifier is provided with a circuit element temporarily storing the second grayscale voltage, or an input terminal of the comparator is provided with a circuit element temporarily storing the difference value.
8. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal processor includes: a differential amplifier configured to calculate and amplifying a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage; and a plurality of comparators configured to compare the difference value with a plurality of preset reference values.
9. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal processor includes: a plurality of differential amplifiers configured to calculate and amplify a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage; a mux configured to select one of a plurality of difference values output through the plurality of differential amplifiers; and a plurality of comparators configured to compare the selected one difference value with a plurality of preset reference values.
10. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a CPU configured to perform a fingerprint recognition operation based on the detected touch signal.
11. The touch detecting apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a CPU or a logic configured to group at least two pixels present on the display devices and simultaneously control them to increase the touch capacitance of the touch signal.
12. A touch detecting method using a pixel or pixels in display devices, the method comprising: generating a first grayscale voltage applied to the pixel or the pixels in the display devices; and detecting a touch signal based on the first grayscale voltage applied to the pixel or the pixels and a second grayscale voltage fed back based on a touch capacitance formed between the pixel or the pixels and a touch input means, wherein the touch capacitance is generated between the touch input means and the pixel or the pixels without being intervened by a common electrode of the display devices as the touch input means approaches the pixel or the pixels.
13. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , wherein in the detecting, a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage is calculated to detect the touch signal.
14. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , wherein the detecting includes calculating and amplifying, by a differential amplifier, a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage.
15. The touch detecting method of claim 14 , wherein an input terminal of the differential amplifier is provided with a circuit element temporarily storing the second grayscale voltage.
16. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , wherein in the detecting, a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage is calculated and the difference value is compared with a preset reference value to detect the touch signal.
17. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , wherein the detecting includes: calculating and amplifying, by a differential amplifier, a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage; and comparing, by a comparator, the difference value with a preset reference value.
18. The touch detecting method of claim 17 , wherein an input terminal of the differential amplifier is provided with a circuit element temporarily storing the second grayscale voltage, or an input terminal of the comparator is provided with a circuit element temporarily storing the difference value.
19. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , wherein the detecting includes: calculating and amplifying, by a differential amplifier, a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage; and comparing, by a plurality of comparators, the difference value with a plurality of preset reference values.
20. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , wherein the detecting includes: calculating and amplifying, by a plurality of differential amplifiers, a difference value between the first grayscale voltage and the second grayscale voltage; selecting, by one mux, one of a plurality of difference values output through the plurality of differential amplifiers, and comparing, by a plurality of comparators, the selected one difference value with a plurality of preset reference values.
21. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , further comprising: recognizing, by a CPU, a fingerprint based on the detected touch signal.
22. The touch detecting method of claim 12 , further comprising: grouping, by a CPU or a logic, at least two pixels present on the display devices and simultaneously controlling them to increase the touch capacitance of the touch signal.
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January 21, 2020
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